Description

This is the crack at the left end of the cliff. Clip the first two bolts of Kidnapped/Jekyll and Hyde and follow the finger/thin hand crack diagonally up to the left over a bulge to Kidnapped's chains on a ledge.

This route may have been climbed a long time ago. I climbed it in 1996 and put in the anchor in 2003.

Steeper than it looks like at first. Definitely goes on all gear. I used mostly small mastercams. Largest piece I placed was #1 C4. Not many good nut placements unfortunately. The pro is there, but not straight-forward. Be suspicious of the cracks around the large block system 1/3 up the climb.

This route is even more fun if done on gear only, as suggested in the Bay Area Climbing book. A 2" and 3" piece protected the lower part for me, but I can imagine not using them if I fiddled around a bit. The block grabski referred to was flat out detached when I stepped on it. Be careful up there.